V International Conference Freight Traffic on Dnipro River
01.10.2020
Premier Palace Hotel, Ukraine, Kyiv
8:00 - 9:00 Registration of participants, welcome coffee
9:00 - 11:00 SESSION 1 LAW OF UKRAINE “ON ILNLAND WATER TRASPORT”: IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND CONSENSUS?:

MODERATOR:

Dmytro Kozachenko
Executive Director
Association «Rivers of Ukraine»

The state of legislative regulation of the inland water transport

Yulia Klymenko
Member of parliament, First deputy head of transport & infrastructure committee
Parliament of Ukraine

Legislative initiatives needed to renew competitiveness of inland waterway shipping in Ukraine

Mykhailo Rizak
Deputy general director of government relations
NIBULON

Olga Kopiyka
Co-chairman of the Logistics Committee
European Business Association

River terminals: legislative news

Dmitri Ochkolias
Associate attorney
Interlegal

Igor Iakovenko
Technical Director
United Barge Company
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee-break
11:30 - 14:30 SESSION 2 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CARGO FLOWS

MODERATOR:

Natalya Krut
Deputy Director
Promgruz.com

IWW Transport Development Strategy and Potential New Markets

Edwin Lock
Team leader
EU financed project «Assistance for Dnipro Transport Development»
Harrie de Leijer
Key expert
EU financed project «Assistance for Dnipro Transport Development»

Safe navigation: dredging the Dnipro River and the Prypiat River

Valerii Shynderuk
Acting Chief
Philia Dredging fleet , Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority

Technical condition of hydraulic locks of the Dnipro River. Reconstruction plans for 2020-2022. Infrastructure of today, its ability to meet the rapidly increasing freight traffic on the Dnipro

Oleksandr Bannikov
Acting First Deputy Chief
State enterprise of water ways Ukrvodshliah

Increased cargo flows on the Dnipro River as a driver for the development of estuarine ports and raid transhipment. The Kherson port development plans and construction of a river logistics hub

Vladyslav Talakh
Director
Project company Risoil-Kherson

Production cut in sectors of finished and semi-finished steel products, impact on shipping volume of cargoes generated by miners and smelters

Aleksandr Kalenkov
President
Association Ukrmetalurgprom

Features of sunflower oil transportation by the river

Igor Iakovenko
Technical Director
United Barge Company
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee-break
15:00 - 18:00 SESSION 3 FLEET AND SHIPBUILDING

MODERATOR:

Natalya Krut
Deputy Director
Promgruz.com

Black Sea freight market overview. Sea-river transportation from Ukrainian ports. Prospects and trends

Pavel Sosnovsky
Head of Freight analytic Department
International Seaborne Market

The “drop-and-run” principle as the next step in cabotage development on the Dnipro

Volodymyr Kozakevych
General Director
AP Marine

River grain logistic challanges

Yuriy Skichko
Director
Hermes-Trading

New building or significant modernization of used tonnage? Fleet building technology with help of donor vessels

Vitalii Kupriienko
Chief Executive Officer
Danube Ship Repair

New concepts for vessels and combination of barges dealing with Dnipro and sea-river transportation of goods

Gennadiy Egorov
General Director
Marine Engineering Bureau

Capacity of Ukrainian shipyards. Domestic shipbuilders’ capability of meeting the growing demand

Viktor Lysytskyi
President
UKRSUDPROM
18:00 - 20:00 Buffet